# 毛頭
## Chinese
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): máotóu
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˊ ㄊㄡˊ
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: máotóu
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˊ ㄊㄡˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: máotóu
*** Wade–Giles: mao$^2$-tʻou$^2$
*** Yale: máu-tóu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: mautour
*** Palladius: маотоу (maotou)
*** Sinological IPA : /mɑʊ̯³⁵ tʰoʊ̯³⁵/
*** Homophones: [Show/Hide]$^{edit}$毛頭 / 毛头 矛頭 / 矛头

### Noun

毛頭
* child; youngster
* boy
* (Wuhan Mandarin) baby; infant

#### Synonyms

| Variety | Location | Words |
| Classical Chinese | Classical Chinese | 嬰 |
| Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 嬰兒, 嬰孩 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Beijing | 嬰孩兒 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Taiwan | 嬰兒, 寶寶 |
| Northeastern Mandarin | Singapore | 嬰兒 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Luoyang | 娃娃 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Wanrong | 胎娃 |
| Central Plains Mandarin | Xuzhou | 小毛娃兒 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Chengdu | 奶娃兒, 奶娃子, 奶娃娃 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Wuhan | 毛頭伢, 毛頭, 毛毛伢, 毛毛, 伢伢 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Guiyang | 嫩娃娃 |
| Southwestern Mandarin | Kunming | 小每每, 小咕奶兒 |
| Jianghuai Mandarin | Nanjing | 小毛娃, 毛娃, 小寶寶 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou | 蘇蝦仔, 蘇蝦, 𤘅孲仔, BB仔, BB, 阿蝦, 臊妹, 嫩蚊仔 |
| Cantonese | Hong Kong | BB仔, BB, B, 蘇蝦仔, 蘇蝦, 𤘅孲仔, 蝦仔 |
| Cantonese | Macau | BB仔 |
| Cantonese | Guangzhou (Conghua) | 蘇蝦仔 |
| Cantonese | Taishan | 毛蝦 |
| Cantonese | Kaiping (Chikan) | 赤蝦仔 |
| Cantonese | Dongguan | 蘇蝦仔, BB, BB仔 |
| Cantonese | Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 蘇蝦仔, 𤘅孲仔, BB仔, BB |
| Cantonese | Singapore (Guangfu) | 蘇蝦 |
| Gan | Nanchang | 毛伢子 |
| Gan | Lichuan | 毛伢崽 |
| Gan | Pingxiang | 毛毛仔 |
| Hakka | Meixian | 孲𤘅仔, 孲𤘅 |
| Hakka | Xingning | 孲𤘅哩 |
| Hakka | Huidong (Daling) | 孲𤘅仔 |
| Hakka | Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 孲𤘅子 |
| Hakka | Lianshan (Xiaosanjiang) | 嫩仔 |
| Hakka | Changting | 孲𤘅子, 赤蝦子 |
| Hakka | Wuping | 孲𤘅子, 赤蝦子 |
| Hakka | Wuping (Pingyu) | 蝦毛子 |
| Hakka | Liancheng | 孲𤘅子 |
| Hakka | Yudu | 伢人子, 毛伢子 |
| Hakka | Ruijin | 孲𤘅子, 赤蝦子 |
| Hakka | Shicheng | 赤伢 |
| Hakka | Shangyou (Shexi) | 伢毛子 |
| Hakka | Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 孲𤘅仔 |
| Hakka | Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 孲𤘅仔 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 孲𤘅, 孲𤘅仔 |
| Hakka | Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 孲𤘅 |
| Hakka | Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 孲𤘅仔, 孲𤘅 |
| Hakka | Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 阿佅, 嬰仔 |
| Hakka | Hong Kong | 孲𤘅仔 |
| Huizhou | Jixi | 細妹 |
| Jin | Taiyuan | 小娃娃 |
| Jin | Xinzhou | 小娃子 |
| Northern Min | Jian'ou | 𤘅仔 |
| Eastern Min | Fuzhou | 兒囝囝 |
| Southern Min | Xiamen | 嬰仔, 幼囝 |
| Southern Min | Quanzhou | 嬰仔, 幼囝 |
| Southern Min | Jinjiang | 幼囝 |
| Southern Min | Yongchun | 嬰囝 |
| Southern Min | Zhangzhou | 嬰仔, 嬰哥, 紅嬰仔, 紅嬰, 幼囝 |
| Southern Min | Taipei | 嬰仔 |
| Southern Min | New Taipei (Sanxia) | 紅嬰 |
| Southern Min | Kaohsiung | 紅嬰仔 |
| Southern Min | Yilan | 紅嬰仔 |
| Southern Min | Changhua (Lukang) | 紅嬰仔 |
| Southern Min | Taichung | 紅嬰仔 |
| Southern Min | Tainan | 紅嬰仔 |
| Southern Min | Hsinchu | 紅嬰仔 |
| Southern Min | Kinmen | 嬰仔 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Hokkien) | 嬰仔, 尾咪, 細囝 |
| Southern Min | Manila (Hokkien) | 嬰仔 |
| Southern Min | Guilin (Biyange) | 毛毛崽 |
| Southern Min | Shantou | 孥囝 |
| Southern Min | Jieyang | 伲伲, 阿伲, 阿伲囝, 阿孥, 孥, 擁噯 |
| Southern Min | Singapore (Teochew) | anak |
| Southern Min | Leizhou | 儂 |
| Southern Min | Haikou | 囝, 儂 intimate |
| Zhongshan Min | Zhongshan (Sanxiang) | 丫囝 |
| Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 娃娃 |
| Wu | Shanghai | 小毛頭, 小小囡, 毛毛頭 |
| Wu | Shanghai (Chongming) | 小小囡 |
| Wu | Suzhou | 小毛頭, 毛毛頭, 血泡泡 |
| Wu | Danyang | 小毛毛, 毛毛 |
| Wu | Hangzhou | 小毛頭兒, 小毛頭, 毛頭兒, 毛毛頭 |
| Wu | Ningbo | 奶花, 小毛頭, 毛頭奶花, 孲𤘅, 抱手 |
| Wu | Wenzhou | 娒兒, 娒娒兒 |
| Wu | Jinhua | 王男 |
| Xiang | Changsha | 毛毛, 毛毛它, 毛它 |
| Xiang | Loudi | 毛毛唧, 毛毛 |

#### Derived terms

* 小毛頭 / 小毛头

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 毛 | 頭 |
| もう Grade: 2 | とう Grade: 2 |
| on'yomi ||

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) もーとー [mòótóó] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [mo̞ːto̞ː]

### Adverb

毛(もう)頭(とう) • (mōtō)
* (chiefly in the negative) small amount
    ○○する気(き)は毛頭(もうとう)ない
       ○○ suru ki wa mōtō nai
       has not the slightest intent of doing X

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN